Editing Gyros (section)

==Name==
The name comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|el|γύρος}} ({{Transliteration|el|gýros}}, {{gloss|circle}} or {{gloss|turn}}). It is a [[calque]] of the [[Turkish language|Turkish]] {{Transliteration|tr|döner}}, from {{Transliteration|tr|dönmek}}, also meaning {{gloss|turn}}.<ref>Babiniotis, {{lang|el|Λεξικό της Ελληνικής Γλώσσας}}</ref>

In Greek, "{{Transliteration|el|gyros|italic=no}}" is a [[Nominative case|nominative]] singular noun, but the final 's' is often interpreted in English usage as plural,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gyro|title=Gyro |website=dictionary.cambridge.org|language=en|access-date=2019-07-14|archive-date=2019-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190714082641/https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gyro|url-status=live}}</ref> leading to the singular [[back-formation]] "gyro".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/greek-101-6435779|title=Greek 101|first=Jay|last=Francis|date=2009-01-09|website=Houston Press|access-date=2019-10-28|archive-date=2021-06-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608105153/https://www.houstonpress.com/restaurants/greek-101-6435779|url-status=live}}</ref> The standard Greek and English pronunciation is {{IPA|el|ˈʝiɾos|}}. Some English speakers pronounce it {{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|aɪ|r|oʊ}}, because the word is a [[Heteronym (linguistics)|heteronym]] of the related word "[[wikt:gyro|gyro]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cutolo |first=Morgan |date=24 July 2024 |title=Gyro Food Pronunciation: What Is the Correct Way? |url=https://www.rd.com/article/how-to-pronounce-gyro/ |access-date=16 October 2024 |website=rd.com}}</ref>

In Athens and other parts of southern Greece, the skewered meat dish elsewhere called [[souvlaki|{{Transliteration|el|souvlaki}}]] is known as {{Transliteration|el|kalamaki}}, while {{Transliteration|el|souvlaki}} is a term used generally for gyros, and similar dishes.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Joyce-Ann|last1=Gatsoulis|title=Night+Day Athens|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdp1BOQIR40C&pg=PA43|publisher=ASDavis Media Group|date=2006|isbn=9780976601302|via=Google Books|access-date=2019-10-28|archive-date=2023-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307201324/https://books.google.com/books?id=vdp1BOQIR40C&pg=PA43|url-status=live}}</ref> In other regions, for example in [[Thessaloniki]], {{Transliteration|el|gyros}} only refers to the meat on the spit, and what English speakers refer to as a "gyros wrap" is called a {{gloss|sandwich}} ({{lang|el|σάντουιτς}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Θεσσαλονίκη VS Αθήνα. Όταν θέλεις να παραγγείλεις ένα σουβλάκι και δεν μπορείς! |url=https://minisite.marnellos.gr/gr/blog/thessaloniki-vs-athina--otan-theleis-na-paraggeileis-ena-soublaki-kai-den-mporeis-187 |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Minisite Marnellos.gr |language=el}}</ref>

===Similar dishes===
Gyros is made in a similar manner to other dishes such as the Arab [[shawarma|{{Transliteration|ar|shawarma}}]], Canadian [[donair]], Mexican [[al pastor|{{lang|es|al pastor|nocat=y}}]], and the Turkish [[doner kebab|{{Transliteration|tr|döner kebab}}]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Food and Language: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cooking 2009|last=Kremezi|first=Aglaia|publisher=Prospect Books|year=2010|isbn=9781903018798|editor-last=Hosking|editor-first=Richard|volume=28|location=Totnes|pages=203–204|chapter=What's in the Name of a Dish?|oclc=624419365|author-link=Aglaia Kremezi|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3ilvBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT202}}</ref>